Angel Came Out Of Hiding At Higher Temp.

[ChristheFishMan71]

Hey y’all! I have an angelfish that I picked up from my LFS about a month ago. Long story short after it didn’t get along too well with my other male, he got tossed into my 36 for now while he thinks about what he did. It’s been in there about 3 weeks and what’s strange is that it’s been in hiding ever since it got moved. Now... The tank I keep at about 80 degrees cuz I have some mollies in there that are VERY happy at that temp. I noticed a couple of my mollies started showing signs of ick so I began to raise the temp of the tank. It wasn’t until the tank reached 84F that the angel came out and started swimming around. It doesn’t seem stressed or anything. It seems quite happy now actually. Does anyone have any ideas as to why he all of a sudden appeared from the depths?

 

[ChristheFishMan71]

 

[bizaliz3]

Hmmm...I am thinking the timing is just a coincidence. 80 degrees is perfect for angelfish. So that temp shouldn't have caused the fish to hide. Maybe it just needed time to recover from the bullying. It finally recognizes that it isn't in danger anymore? I don't know. But I don't see any reason why 80 degree temp would effect an angelfish negatively.

 

[CHJ]

I know that when my discus would get scared, skittish, and try to clump up and hide that I had another dead heater.
The thing is that 80 seems fine for a angel. So I'm going to agree with timing not temp as the solution.

 

[pagoda]

After a massive lovers tiff tween my Kissing Gourami, Vettel & Hamilton, I split them up into different aquariums and Vettel sat hidden and sulked for about 8 weeks. Wouldn't come out at all apart from breakfast time and even then he came out, got his food and scurried back into his hiding place again.

I believe fish can be as sulky as little kids (and some adults) sometimes

 

[ChristheFishMan71]

Hmmm...I am thinking the timing is just a coincidence. 80 degrees is perfect for angelfish. So that temp shouldn't have caused the fish to hide. Maybe it just needed time to recover from the bullying. It finally recognizes that it isn't in danger anymore? I don't know. But I don't see any reason why 80 degree temp would effect an angelfish negatively.

It was the other way around. He was the one doing the bullying. It could be coincidence but it just seemed so “cause and effect”. I’ll have to wait and see when I lower it back down to 80.

 

[SaraCooper]

Maybe he felt 84 was a vacation, lol

 

[angelcraze]

Maybe he's really hungry now? Too hungry to keep hiding? Higher temps accelerate metabolism. Angelfish are usually bolting up to the surface when they see you to be fed.

 

[ChristheFishMan71]

Maybe he's really hungry now? Too hungry to keep hiding? Higher temps accelerate metabolism. Angelfish are usually bolting up to the surface when they see you to be fed.

Could be the case. He deffinitely seems to bee trying to eat more where as before he wouldn’t even bat an eye.